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DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36475

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36475 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.25.0 (and before 2.16.9 LTS and before 2.7.18 LTS). The calculations performed by mbedtls_mpi_exp_mod are not limited; thus, supplying overly large parameters could lead to denial of service when generating Diffie-Hellman key pairs.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12mbedtls0
Debian:14mbedtls0
Debian:13mbedtls0

Timeline

  • Aug 23, 2021 CVE Published
  • Oct 26, 2026 CVE Updated
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